Bill Text: IA SF313 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners.(Formerly SF 117.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 271. [SF313 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF313-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
117)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
prescribing,
ordering,
dispensing,
and
1
administering
authority
of
pharmacists
and
practitioners.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
155A.49
Restrictions
on
1
prescribing,
ordering,
dispensing,
and
administering
authority
by
2
board
or
employer.
3
1.
The
board
or
any
board
created
under
chapter
147
that
4
licenses
a
pharmacist
or
a
practitioner
and
any
employer
of
a
5
pharmacist
or
practitioner
shall
not
restrict
the
prescribing,
6
ordering,
dispensing,
or
administering
authority
of
a
7
pharmacist
or
practitioner,
consistent
with
the
pharmacist’s
8
or
practitioner’s
scope
of
practice
as
restricted
by
law,
in
a
9
way
that
acts
as
a
deterrent
for
a
pharmacist
or
practitioner
10
to
use
a
medication
or
treatment
in
accordance
with
the
11
pharmacist’s
or
practitioner’s
best
professional
judgment.
12
2.
Any
restriction
by
an
employer
of
a
pharmacist
or
13
practitioner
that
is
prohibited
under
subsection
1,
whether
14
or
not
documented
by
the
employer
as
part
of
a
contract,
15
agreement,
or
employee
handbook,
by
an
amendment
to
any
such
16
document,
or
by
any
other
means,
is
unenforceable
and
shall
not
17
be
the
basis
for
any
disciplinary
action
by
the
employer.
18
3.
A
pharmacist
or
practitioner
who
uses
a
medication
or
19
treatment
in
accordance
with
the
pharmacist’s
or
practitioner’s
20
best
professional
judgment
and
consistent
with
the
pharmacist’s
21
or
practitioner’s
scope
of
practice,
as
restricted
by
law,
22
under
this
section
shall
not
be
subject
to
licensee
discipline.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
relates
to
the
prescribing,
ordering,
dispensing,
27
and
administering
authority
of
practitioners
and
pharmacists.
28
The
bill
prohibits
the
board
of
pharmacy
and
any
29
health-related
professional
board
under
Code
chapter
147
30
(general
provisions,
health-related
professions)
(boards)
that
31
license
a
pharmacist
or
practitioner
and
any
employer
of
a
32
pharmacist
or
practitioner
from
restricting
the
prescribing,
33
ordering,
dispensing,
or
administering
authority
of
a
34
pharmacist
or
practitioner,
consistent
with
the
pharmacist’s
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or
practitioner’s
scope
of
practice
as
restricted
by
law,
in
a
1
way
that
acts
as
a
deterrent
for
the
pharmacist
or
practitioner
2
to
use
a
medication
or
treatment
in
accordance
with
the
3
pharmacist’s
or
practitioner’s
best
professional
judgment.
4
The
bill
also
provides
that
any
restriction
by
an
employer
5
of
a
pharmacist
or
practitioner
that
is
prohibited
under
the
6
bill,
whether
or
not
documented
by
the
employer
as
part
of
7
a
contract,
agreement,
or
employee
handbook,
by
an
amendment
8
to
any
such
document,
or
by
any
other
means,
is
unenforceable
9
and
shall
not
be
the
basis
for
any
disciplinary
action
by
10
the
employer.
The
bill
also
provides
that
a
pharmacist
or
11
practitioner
who
uses
a
medication
or
treatment
in
accordance
12
with
the
pharmacist’s
or
practitioner’s
best
professional
13
judgment
and
consistent
with
the
pharmacist’s
or
practitioner’s
14
scope
of
practice,
as
restricted
by
law,
under
the
bill,
shall
15
not
be
subject
to
licensee
discipline.
16
Code
section
155A.3
defines
“pharmacist”
as
a
person
17
licensed
by
the
board
of
pharmacy
to
practice
pharmacy;
and
18
“practitioner”
as
a
physician,
dentist,
podiatric
physician,
19
prescribing
psychologist,
veterinarian,
optometrist,
physician
20
assistant,
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
other
21
person
licensed
or
registered
to
prescribe,
distribute,
22
or
dispense
a
prescription
drug
or
device
in
the
course
of
23
professional
practice
in
this
state
or
a
person
licensed
by
24
another
state
in
a
health
field
in
which,
under
Iowa
law,
25
licensees
in
this
state
may
legally
prescribe
drugs.
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